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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012006
1100 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
...ALBERTO LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH AND NORTH
CAROLINA COAST.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT
70 MILES...110 KM...SOUTHWEST OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK...ALBERTO WILL EMERGE OFF
THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS
THE EXTRATROPICAL REMNANTS OF ALBERTO MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER
EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS
AFTERNOON.
REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...35.0 N...79.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON ALBERTO.
FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES
ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS
HEADER TCPAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT31 KWNH...BEGINNING AT
500 PM EDT.
FORECASTER RHOME/PASCH
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